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An event will take place in Kirkwall next month to mark 50 years since the official formation of Orkney Islands Council.

Council house tenants across Orkney are being invited to drop-in events this December to learn more about tenant participation and how they can help shape housing services.

The tendering process for securing a shipyard for the design and build of new ferries for Phase 1 of Orkney’s Ferry Replacement Programme is underway. 

The Orkney Community Planning Partnership (OCPP) is pleased to announce that its Cost-of-Living Task Force has recently awarded £214,000 of funding from the Scottish Government's Islands Cost Crisis Emergency Fund towards a range of projects that will help individuals and families across Orkney who are struggling with the ongoing cost of living crisis.

OLECG – Orkney’s Local Emergency Coordination Group – has met this evening to assess the situation around the intermittent power cuts being experienced in Orkney.

Orkney Islands Council have received an application for an occasional licence from Alexandre Lebert - Scapa Distillery  for William Shearer's Christmas Shop. 

Orkney Islands Council have received an application for an occasional licence from Birsay Community Association for 23 January 2026.

A summary of road delays and closures due to road and building/utility works, cruise visits and events for the week starting Monday 17/11/2025.

An interactive map showing roadworks carried out by the Council is available at www.orkney.gov.uk/roads

Young people from across Orkney came together today for Orkney Youth Conference - Your mind. Your voice. Your future - to participate in workshops and hear from keynote speakers on mental health, wellbeing, and self-care.

The countdown is on to Orkney’s second Carers Conference which takes place in Kirkwall on 27 November.

The focus for this conference will be on the local support available to unpaid carers in the community.

Carers come in all shapes and sizes, providing vital care to people with frailty and mobility and health issues, mental ill health, disabilities or addiction.